Konica Minolta DiMAGE Xi - Manual (Page 36)

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ECORDING MODE
Image quality
S. FIN
FINE
STD
ECON Economy - the smallest file sizes.
LCD monitor
display
Super fine - the highest-quality image.
Fine - high-quality image.
Standard - the default setting.
File type
TIFF
JPEG
JPEG
JPEG
This camera has four image-quality settings: super fine, fine, standard, and economy. Always select
the desired setting before taking the picture. Image quality is set in the basic section of the recording-
mode menu (p. 28).
Image quality controls the rate of compression, but has no effect on the number of pixels in the
image. The higher the image quality, the lower the rate of compression and the larger the file sizes. If
the economical use of the memory card is important, use the economy mode. Standard image quality
is sufficient for normal usage. The super-fine mode will produce the highest quality image and the
largest image files.
File formats vary with the image quality setting. Super fine images are saved as a TIFF file. Fine,
standard, and economy images are formatted as JPEG files.
If the image quality is changed, the LCD monitor will display the approximate number of images that
can be recorded at that setting on the installed memory card. One memory card can contain images
with differing qualities.